ahh, the sweet rempty aka brandon. the story of how brandon came to be known as rempty is a rather simple tale. on the evening that i met this boy he was fresh off the boat from alabama = and fresh out of the closet. he was wearing a harley davidson half tank top with a temporary tatoo on his belly (i am seriously not lying). ana and i were drinking a bit in chili’s and decided that a trip to vegas was in order for the night’s activities. so we asked brandon if he’d like to join and off we headed to sin city…

rempty n me

after a 6 hour drive, we were less enthusiastic as we had been upon departure. that didn’t last for long because we hit the bars and started an 8 hour drinking and gambling binge. well, the three of us, not ever good at staying sober, didn’t realise that we had to drive back at about 8 am in order for ana to get to work. brandon was voted as the least drunk and was awarded the honor of the first shift back to so cal. so we hopped into my 1976 vw bug and headed off. we were just about to run out of gas, so before i passed out in the passenger seat, i asked brandon to pull over at a gas station and fill up.

i guess i passed out for a bit because when i woke up, the bright lights of vegas were miles behind us and we were crusing in the early morning dessert air. geez, i didn’t even wake up when he stopped at the gas station… hmmm, i thought to myself. the gas station. i glanced over at the gas gauge. the gas gauge on this little bug was passed the R for reserve. needless to say, i started to freak out a little bit. in my own stephanie way, i let brandon know that the car was virtually running on fumes and we were about to be stranded in the dessert with no station, let alone anything, in site. and what did our special friend from alabama say to me in that thick drawl? he said, WELL I DUNNO WHAT THE HEWALL THE R STANDS FOR — REMPTY OR SUMTHIN?

what the fuck, i thought? rempty or something…

well, luckily for him we found a gas station and filled up. unluckily for him the name rempty stuck as a way to pretty much sum up brandon in one word.